BARTOŠ, Přemysl, Radek NETUŠIL, Pavel SLABÝ, David DOLEŽEL, Thorsten RITZ and Martin VÁCHA. Weak radiofrequency fields affect the insect circadian clock. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. LONDON: ROYAL SOC, 2019, vol. 16, No 158, p. 1-4. ISSN 1742-5689. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0285.
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Original name Weak radiofrequency fields affect the insect circadian clock
Authors BARTOŠ, Přemysl (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radek NETUŠIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavel SLABÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), David DOLEŽEL (203 Czech Republic), Thorsten RITZ (840 United States of America) and Martin VÁCHA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of the Royal Society Interface, LONDON, ROYAL SOC, 2019, 1742-5689.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.748
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/19:00110714
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0285
UT WoS 000488564000009
Keywords in English radiofrequency field; circadian clock; magnetoreception; magnetic field; insects; free-running rhythm
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Abstract
It is known that the circadian clock in Drosophila can be sensitive to static magnetic fields (MFs). Man-made radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields have been shown to have effects on animal orientation responses at remarkably weak intensities in the nanotesla range. Here, we tested if weak broadband RF fields also affect the circadian rhythm of the German cockroach (Blatella germanica). We observed that static MFs slow down the cockroach clock rhythm under dim UV light, consistent with results on the Drosophila circadian clock. Remarkably, 300 times weaker RF fields likewise slowed down the cockroach clock in a near-zero static magnetic field. This demonstrates that the internal clock of organisms can be sensitive to weak RF fields, consequently opening the possibility of an influence of man-made RF fields on many clock-dependent events in living systems.
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MUNI/G/1391/2018, interní kód MUName: At the Cross-road of Magnetic Fields and Light: A New Perspective of Cell Clock Control.
Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects
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